Dean Dirk Messelaar: A Visionary Builder of Bridges to China

[Editor’s Note: Dirk Messelaar is Dean of Corporate, Continuing, and Distance Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston.]
Next month, accompanying UMassOnline CEO David Gray, Dean Messelaar will be making his fifth trip to China on a ten day mission that continues a visionary journey of cultural and academic discovery he started in 2001 and has […]

UMassOnline and UMass Lowell Announce Innovative Model

In case you missed the news this week involving a joint announcement from UMassOnline and UMass Lowell, this link takes you to our important announcement as it appeared at Forbes.com. The headline:
UMassOnline and UMass Lowell Launch Innovative New Blended Education Model for Graduate Program in Health Management and Policy
This is very important news for all […]

The Long Tradition of Distance Learning

Some might have you think distance learning is a contemporary invention of our modern era. While it is true that the online component has come about as a function of this era's computer and Internet age, distance learning has been around a long, long time. While it may not have a historic pedigree quite as long as the […]

Two Online Resources Worthy of Note

This first resource will be of greatest interest to UMassOnline faculty and staff, although parents and students may wish to visit the site from time to time as well. It's called The Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, or OJDLA for short. Here is the link. As noted on the site, this is what the […]

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